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NCT Number: NCT05151627

The Effectiveness of Kinesio Taping in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Knee osteoarthritis is the most common kind of arthritis that occurs due to degeneration of the joint articular cartilage, producing pain, stiffness, and impaired movement. Kinesio taping is a simple and inexpensive therapeutic procedure that can help with knee osteoarthritis symptoms. Kinesio taping is a high-stretch elastic adhesive material that allows the treated area to have free mobility. This technique was preferred by physical therapists for knee osteoarthritis rehabilitation because of its positive effects, such as decreased pain and increased mobility and muscular performance.

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Key information

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis Arthritis Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis, Knee Rheumatic Diseases

Age range

40 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Tabuk

Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Complaining of knee pain but no serious knee injuries
  • No Physical therapy treatment taken for the past 3 months
  • Painful range of motion (ROM)
  • Significant decrease in active and passive ROM.

Exclusion criteria

  • Knee surgery within the last three months
  • Neural, articular, or muscular conditions affecting lower limb function
  • Systemic arthritic diseases

Treatment and study plan

KINESIO TAPING

Procedure

Kinesio taping The patient is in a supine position with full knee flexion. Prior to application, the skin surface was cleaned. This technique involved the use of two Y-cut strips and two I-cut strips.

Conventional physical therapy

Device

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation TENS device settings, such as the frequency of 32-50 Hz, pulse width of 80 ms, and symmetrical biphasic waveform. The surface electrodes were placed on the medial and lateral superior borders of the patella, as well as the medial and lateral inferior borders of the patella.

Exercise therapy program The total duration of each exercise session was about 50 minutes, including warm-up-10 minutes, resistance exercise-20 minutes, balance and stability exercise-10 minutes, lower-limb stretching exercise-5 minutes, and cool-down exercise-5 minutes. The same assigned physical therapist supervised all of the sessions.

Primary outcomes

  1. NUMERICAL PAIN RATING SCALE

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    The average pain intensity was measured during the past week, with zero representing no pain and ten representing the worst pain.

  2. GONIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF KNEE RANGE OF MOTION

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    Both the knee flexion and extension ROM were measured while the subject was in a prone position. The measurement was done three times and the average result was obtained.

  3. WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX (WOMAC)

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    The questionnaire was developed to measure treatment outcomes in patients with lower extremity osteoarthritis, such as pain, stiffness, and difficulty, and it employs a scale to categorize the difficulties in activities of daily living. For individuals with hip and knee osteoarthritis, the WOMAC scale is a valid and reliable outcome measurement.

  4. TIMED UP AND GO (TUG) TEST

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    The test combines static and dynamic balance to assess a person's mobility. Getting out of a chair, walking three meters, turning around, and returning to the chair to sit. The international research OA society recommends a series of physical function measures (five performance-based) for individual with hip or knee OA, including the TUG test.24 The aforementioned outcome parameters are measured at three-time intervals: 0-week, 3-week, and 6-week.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Tabuk

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Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of Kinesio Taping and Conventional Physical Therapy in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2021
First posted
Dec 9, 2021
Registry last updated
Dec 9, 2021

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